ABENAKI CONVERSATION - ONE

Prepared
by: JOSEPH ALFRED ELIE JOUBERT

Many
have asked us to hear the language spoken in conversation.
Therefore we will present conversations periodically throughout
this web site. However, the grammar lessons will have to continue
if you are to understand how I am using my language.

A
word of caution is advisable to all. Please do not try to write
or say anything presented here without knowing whether you are
using an animate/inanimate form, what tense you are in, what form
of the verb you are using, what form of the locative, and what
form of the adjective/adverbs you are using in the sentence you
will present.

You
will see me using forms of words that have never been documented.
Such as Molianik = Montreal = to Montreal.

You
will also see me talking from an English state of mind. Mind this
well. There is no rule as to where the parts of speech are placed
in the Abenaki sentence.

(2) Ndalosaji pamkisgak Molianik.

(3) Molianik Ndalosaji pamkisgak.

(4) Molianik pamkisgak Ndalosaji.

(5) Pamkisgak Ndalosaji Molianik.

(6) Pamkisgak Molianik Ndalosoji.

In
the Abenaki mind it all means the same. Therefore, this is why
speakers may speak differently than others. This is especially
true if the speaker is coming from an English or French speaking
background.